Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers uses a picture prompt and asks for stories between 75-175 words.
This picture from A Storyteller’s Abode
Inspired my story:
“Mom!’ I screamed. But she didn’t hear me. She was miles away, eons away. When I was a child growing up she was so meticulous; fixing my hair, removing stains from my cheeks with the force of her fingertips.
I thought she would do just as well watching my children, her grandchildren. But she had reached the end of her child rearing years.
I found her one day, in the bathroom, the needle lying beside her, her lips were blue. I called the squad. I had to tell dad, she left me no choice.
She was pissed. Not grateful, but pissed.
She moved in with her boyfriend. I had to get a sitter.
The Day After 
This is so sad. Sad that she can no longer, emotionallly and physically, be there for her grandchild and sad because of what drugs do to families. Beautifully written Dawn! Thank you so much for participating in the weekly Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers challenge!
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Dawn, I went on and loaded your story into the story board so the others can be reading it. I figured you got busy getting ready for work.
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No I was sleeping and scheduled it to post. I would have dine it when I got up. I like to use my picture. But thanks for helping out.
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Okay, sorry, I won’t do it again.
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It’s not a problem. You were right to assume. I forget stuff all the time! lol
Now I am going back to bed, I work the night shift
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Sleep well. 🙂
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That is so sad. From somebody who was so meticulous to a drug addict. Not your average granny.
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Thank God for that, right?
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It’s sad how drug addiction can so change people. A well told story, Dawn. 🙂
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Thank you
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So sad. Alcohol and drugs take people away from us, even if they haven’t taken the user’s life yet.
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That’s a very real way of putting it Trisha. Heartbreaking when you think of it like that.
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I’ve experienced that kind of loss. You did a great job of telling the story!
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Thank you
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what a sad tale Dawn, a lot of lives are being destroyed like this around the world..
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In all walks of life. That’s what I was trying to convey. It’s not just young people.
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